The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-03
Of trees, the strong wind vas wild!
! I could have shrickcd FOR ioyi'

always iancicd my staid aunt had 4
turbulent heart uYder her brown cape.
EotNthc children soon fell asiccp. L"-
in" amused t. the steady rocking motion.
WHOA they invoke tie sun was over
head. Could Gottir,y have spent inur
..iour, in driving five mics! Gould he
Ac eu:n.r iar:hrr ihan usual: They
whi,p red - each other in alarm. bUt
l!ier.. ..l,nn wy e filing III, real >il-
uation. John had never ,:adr Hi, de-
-cratc vrr'ur. before. and therefore
ncu hone 81 the lan,im1r,>. They
dared aot ."; to,t!rcy know H.. they
wrro ttrrr until the iouruc, wa~ over,
or lc ni-ht abandon ;Hom on TIA road,
Nlo tn.w WIN, Wild beasts inhabited
thcsc ;rgy.r, q laurel through which
th"y drn'r,
\ oa r",-cI Co'tfrcy -toprcd to
.hli' .is :ri:;,., and to cal u hearty meal
.ut ~ H., wcll-packcd basket. The
CHI lrrr ati brought no food. They
wrr, l,tr., eaters, who ncvcr hal
waj'.-t 10 minutes FOR their midday
meal. TIE smell Of Sohner's ham and
chcc,, melted thcir hearts. Thew began
at oucc Ia think Of the misery of their
mothers, aad to shed tears of remQrsc.
I need not dwell on Sieir sufTerInSs,
which we're real enough before the jour
ncy was over.
Gottfrcy drove down to Philadelphia.
The trip occupied two days and two
nights. The children did not discover
themselves. Thcir terror of being a5an
doncd outwcighcd all their other fears.
Godfrey stopped over night at road
side iauS, leaving the wagon in the yard,
and John cla,ahcrcd down. when all was
,tiii, ard found some tuFuips in a
ucighborins Geld, which kept the little
wanderers from actual starvation.
On the morning VI thr third day,
Gotjlrcy started long before light, anil
ai dInn drove ia,o } wide enclosure. in
which were @rca. hou-yS malr of canvas.
Thc end had COME, Nnw they could
show themselves II would hr angry,
perhaps. Bn' W. wound ao' leave them.
lie wou'i SAKE thcn home
he r.,.,nr>>,i ihc mules and led
ihcm Nv. 90 thry supposed t" feed
them -" he val!il return to unload
the COR. s..A would find :hrn.
WHEN h. reached tie @.tc hey ~aw
him stop an,l.!nr!"y fnr .orc time with
couple IF i.cn; then mounting one Of
the mulc~ IN rod away.
The children waited afraid 10 speak
lest the nr'n in ,hr licid should discover
them Mar, bc:na ia >.,l,. She WIS
weak from long fa>tag, ami for the first
time in her lie sl,r wa~ lu,idy and nm
washed The ucm little Morsvian
loa;ici herself
Look herr cried John. j~cring out
tents ca,nc u maa striped from head to
foot like Zebra. arothcr in purple vel
vct and spaugics, and fairy with hut
terins gaunc wings. Maria had never
heard 81 fsiric> She and never heard
or rrad Of anyihir. which, could cxrlaia
these Ulau>tcr,.
\ minute Later. msr carrying great
ha,act al rau :v:,f ecus tni" n,c 81 i,r
ic;.>, ani there t-,;u. :v";n The Inside
fu.iou> nrr@;s. y"!p>, ,,ui ia.t. the roar
of ;icn
Joi,r's r'i Iac. .u.;,c-i toa ps>tv e,;or
IL Sin,,% II. II thu mca<ts had him in
'itcir Jaws, rp; opening his mea;i,.
u.t rri shirt. silrirk< Mn:ia. without
il word, got "a. aad ratch;a" him hy the
-h"u,.:;; drlcsc'; him d"nu tr,,n the
..ocr,n. Ray. !, ',,r g,;r. Il wa> then
thai ,h" Sj;oucd l;r,t ',rr, va gou.i
sun ,r i.":
'ilu>i,, lee, ~aa,. .'t"lu- cat M
,hi>. ! aai =r.;u: i,unsc.
.lnt shce the dap I" anotia-r tent
tilted. and ia" moving mountains IF
II Il, ,Huc uJt. ana advanced towards
h,r The girl had nr.rr seen even the
picture Of an elephant. Nl,r stood still,
= IL psr,l " H. in frnt of them.
'i'm cnin. h"i,r. she mechanically
repeated IooA:n" up q, ii'rm. So,nc of
thc n,cu dragged ',.r "I, 81 Tia: path.
WA" arr yon: Nh o.. djd y"U cone